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CISOs tackle the AI visibility gap

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Source: CSO OnlineApril 13, 2026

Summary

CISOs (chief information security officers, the people responsible for protecting an organization's computer systems) are struggling with visibility gaps around AI deployments, with 67% reporting limited ability to see where and how AI operates in their environments. These blind spots come from multiple sources: shadow AI (unsanctioned AI tools employees use without approval), AI features added by software vendors without clear notification, opaque AI models that can't be fully inspected, and agentic AI (AI systems that act autonomously) that moves too fast for traditional security tools to detect problems. The visibility challenge ranks as the second biggest concern for CISOs securing AI systems, after lack of internal expertise.

Solution / Mitigation

One CISO, Dale Hoak at RegScale, addressed the problem by repositioning existing monitoring tools and investing in new ones, including products that use intelligence to monitor enterprise AI use. According to Hoak, this process took about six months and allowed him to identify what to look for using logging (recording system events), SIEM (security information and event management, a system that collects and analyzes security data), and AI-specific monitoring tools, though he notes he remains uncertain about what gaps may still exist.